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HAND STAMP No. 388,437. Patented Aug. 28, 1.888. I,

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N. PETERS, Mlhlwxrlpb'f, Wm RC1 UNITED STATES HENRY H. NORRINGTON, OF

HAND- WVEST BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,437 dated August28, 1888.

Application filed June 29, 1887.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY H. Nonnrne TON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at West Bay City, in the county of Bay and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHand-Stamps; and I do declare the following to bea full,clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improved features in hand-stamps andof that class having fixed and movable printing characters, beingdesigned especially for use by cashiers of banks.

The stamp is provided with a base having printing characters mountedthereon and an opening through said base, over which is located arevolving cylinder or spool having on its face a series of printingcharacters and a series of reading characters,duplicates of the printingcharacters, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth. Said cylinderor spool is adapted to be revolved and has a reciprocating or upand-downmovement,whereby the printing characters are adjusted and caused to beprojected through the opening in the base of the stamp, leaving animpression simultaue' ously with the printing characters on the base ofsaid stamp.

The special features of my invention will be hereinafter set forth, andpointed out particularly in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification,Figure 1 is a perspective of my improved stamp. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection taken on the dotted line a: a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is aperspective of the cylinder or spool removed from the case, showing theconnection of the handle therewith, also the printing and readingcharacters mounted on the cylinder. Fig. 4. shows the stamping base orplate detached, having its printing'face turned upward. Fig. 5 shows theupper face of the plate of Fig. 4., having the spring-catch locatedthereon.

0 indicates in the drawings the shell or case;

Serial N0. 242.D24. (No model.)

H, the heads or ends. Each head is provided with a vertical slot, n,through which passes the shaft or rodf, carrying at its ends thumbwheelst.

Made fast to said shaft is a cylinder or spool, Rwhich is revolved withthe shaft byturning either of the wheels 25, for the purpose hereinafter set forth.

One end of the spool is provided with a series of diverging slots orchannels, t. Fig. 3.) Said spool R is located within the case 0, asshown in Fig. 2, and has on the periphery thereof a series of rubberprinting characters, Z.

I 0 represents a series of reading characters located on said spool,appearing in the natural position, while the printing characters are inan inverted position. (See Fig. 3.)

the opening D of the case. (See Fig. 1.)

The case 0 at the base is provided with ledges e e, which engage withthe turned-over base or bottom plate, 13. The under face of said platehas mounted thereon fixed printing characters. (See Fig. 4.)

D is a central opening in said plate, through which the printingcharacters Z on the spool R are forced backv and forward by the opera-On the upper face of the plate B, I attach at a one end of the angularspring S, which extends transversely along the plate. At the center itrises, having a curved or engaging end, 6. YVhen sliding the bottomplate, B, into position, as shown in Fig. l, the spring S passes throughthe sloth, formed in the end H of the case, and enters one of thechannels 1' of the spool R, as shown in Fig. 2, whereby the spool isslightly held from rotating. By turning one of the thumb disks or wheelst the spring S at its free end will move back, as shown by dotted linesin Fig. 5, when the spool will turn until another channel arrives infront of said spring, when it will enter the channel, arresting therevolution of the spool. The channels *6 are arranged with such relationto the spring and the printing characters Z that when the spring arreststhe revolution of the spool one of the set of printing characters Z willbe vertically over the opening D in the (See The reading characters areindicated through lips a a, formed on' the edges of the sliding tion ofthe handle H, as hereinafter set forth.

base-plate. Said printing characters are projected through the Opening Din thebase-plate, presenting their face on a horizontal line flush withthe face of the printing characters mounted on the base-plate B, thusleaving simultaneously with the printing characters an impression whenstamping.

Z is a tube or sleeve, one end being made fast to the top of the case,and passes through the yoke Y, having vertical ends (I d, in which theshaft f is journaled. The yoke passes freely over the case. Made fast tothe yoke Y is a sleeve, d, which fills snugly the chamber 7c of thehandle and, receives the sleeve Z.

O is a coiled wire spring. Its lower end passes through the sleeve Zonto the yoke. The upper end presses against the handle H, (see Fig. 2,)whereby the yoke Y is caused to rise, elevating the handle and raisingthe roller R and its printing characters, as shown in Fig. 2.

To depress the roller, the operator presses down on the handle H, whensaid roller and the shaftf will drop, as shown by dotted lines in Fig.2. Vhen the pressure on the handle H has been removed, the spring 0elevates the roller R, as shown in Fig. 2, when said roller may bereleased. It will be observed that as the roller R is depressed the end6 of the spring S remains in the slott' of said roller. (See Figs. 2 and3.)

This stamp is designed for use in banks for stamping bills or documentssent to other banks for collection. The construction of the stamp issuch that when an impression has SECURITY BANK, Jackson.

pressing down on the handle H the printing characters will projectthrough the opening D of the base, leaving simultaneously with theprinting characters on the base-plate B an impression, as before stated.The spool R is provided with the names of cashiers of various banks, asshown at Z, for the purpose of leaving imprints, and a series of readingcharacters, being duplicates of the names of the cashiers, as shown at cin Fig. 3. The said characters are so arranged on the spool R that whenthe spring S engages in one of the channels 2' of the roller one of theprinting characters, as Z, will be vertically over the opening D of thebase-plate B, and a reading character, as a, duplicate of the printingcharacters, will appear in front of the opening D of the case, as shownin Fig. 1. By this arrangement the operator turns the thumbwheel t untilthe desired name of the cashier appears before the opening D, when aduplicate of the same will be on the under face of the roller ready foran impression, as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

Having thus fully set forth my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an organized hand stamp, the combination of the case, theprinting-base attached thereto having central opening, the yoke passingover said case, the handle and spring for operating said yoke, and thespool located in said case on the revolving shaft, said shaftjournaledin the vertical end portion of said yoke and having a thumb-Wheel at oneend, the spool having mounted on its periphery a series of printingcharacters and an interposed series of reading characters, the spooladapted to be plunged into and withdrawn from the opening in theprinting-base, as and for the purposes specified.

2. In combination with the case having the opening D, the detachablebase having the opening D, the yoke encircling the case, the spoollocated in said case on the shaft f, said shaftjournaled in thedepending ends of said yoke, the printing and reading characters mountedalternately on the. periphery of the spool, the handle and coiled springfor lowering and raising the spool within the case, sub stantially asspecified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY H. N ORRINGTON. Vitnesses:

GEO. A. NVEATHERBY, J r., D. M. JAMIESON.

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